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| alternate |
"Alternate" means "every other." If you have a guitar lesson on alternate Tuesdays, then you have a lesson on one Tuesday, but then you skip the next Tuesday. Then you have a lesson again on the Tuesday after that, and so on. [1/7 definitions] |
| every other |
If you have toast for breakfast every other day, then maybe you have toast on Monday but not Tuesday, and then on Wednesday but not Thursday, and so on. If the students sit in every other chair in the auditorium, then there is an empty chair between each of the students. |
| Monday |
the second day of the week. Monday comes between Sunday and Tuesday. |
| past |
If you were at the beach this past Tuesday, it means that you were at the beach on the Tuesday just before now. If you talk about the past year, you mean the year that happened just before this year. [1/12 definitions] |
| precede |
If one thing precedes another thing, it comes before it. When you say the days of the week, Monday precedes Tuesday. When you list the months of the year, May precedes June. |
| Tues. |
abbreviation of "Tuesday." |
| Tuesday |
the third day of the week. Tuesday comes between Monday and Wednesday. |
| Wednesday |
the fourth day of the week. Wednesday comes between Tuesday and Thursday. |
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